The BRUTAL Execution Of The U-Boat Admiral Shot By The Soviets

Throughout the Second World War, one of the greatest fears for members of the German military was falling into the hands of the Soviets or the Red Army. The Soviets tended to ruthlessly execute senior members of the German military without very little questions asked, taking them out of the war effort once and for all. One man who was very senior inside of the German Navy or the Kriegsmarine was Alfred Saalwachter. He was an experienced U-Boat commander and he rose to the position of Admiral inside of the Second World War.
But Saalwachter was at the end of the war arrested by the Soviets and he was then hastily sentenced to death for war crimes and waging warfare on the sea. But he was a man who had retired 3 years before the end of the Second World War. Regardless of this he was taken to Moscow where he was ruthlessly executed by firing squad.
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[@smitthone]

''In 1994, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Saalwächter was formally exonerated by a Russian court.''

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Reason why was Saalwächter executed remains murky to this day. There were many German generals in Soviet captivity that actually commanded troops in the East, but most of them survived the war. Usual Soviet practice was to sentence them to 25 years, and later used them as bargaining chips. All were released in 1955. Some have speculated that Saalwächter tried to form some kind of underground rebellion against Soviets after the war, or was simply accused of it.

[@JohnSmith-rw2yn]

Well that's a bit sh*t isn't it. Sat at home, happily retired tending your garden for 3 years and get shot for literally no reason.

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

People are learning the TRUTH about WW2 and the TRUTH is that these WW2 videos are FULL OF JEWISH LIES🤮

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

These videos are full of lies🤮

[@generalsaufenberg4931]

yeah, it was more about revenge than justice. but some of the nuremberg executens were the same deal, so it wasn`t just the soviets. on the other side, nazi germany also killed lots of prisoners of war and civilians. there is no justice, when hate reigns...

[@spudpud-T67]

@@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck Go back to mocking Ukraine.

[@jpenna1976]

@@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck Which part is the lie, they did't shoot him or he wasn't retired? Both are easy facts to check. He was later exonerated by a Russian court, after union of terror fell down.

[@wangtianlong1]

What rarely gets discussed in these historical videos, is that Churchill ordered the British invasion of Norway as well; the two sides clashed at around the same time of their invasions.

[@rossmansell5877]

So?

[@wangtianlong1]

@@rossmansell5877One can only respond to the ignorant by alerting them of that fact, other than that, they are on their own. Consider yourself alerted.

[@MrTubbymarshall]

The British have never “invaded” Norway. The British went to Norway to try to defend Norway from the Germans.

[@wangtianlong1]

@@MrTubbymarshall Wrong. The British invaded Norway with the intention of disrupting German iron ore supplies from Sweden. The Germans reacted. Norway wanted to remain neutral then; however, the British in fact, dragged Norway into the war.

[@arkonazvyturis5714]

Churchill and Bomber Harri should have stand trial for warcrimes also. UK didn't give a f**k about Polands soverinity. Cause UK didn't declare war against Soviet after invading Poland a few days after Nazi germany did. UK planned to partly invade north of Norway and Sweden with the decive to aid Finland. Without declare war against Soviet. The winner always write the history to their own favor. Amen

[@lowandslow3939]

The members of that firing squad had TERRIBLE posture!

[@colonelfustercluck486]

maybe they hadn't been to 'finishing school'....

[@lowandslow3939]

@@colonelfustercluck486 Good one. I was referring to the way they arched their backs, leaning back. You lean into it. Shooting to destroy something is an aggressive act. You know the rifle is going to kick backwards so you lean forwards.

[@brianrodgers4636]

In 1994, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Saalwächter was formally exonerated by a Russian court.

[@dominicmonaghan9887]

Aren't the Russians very nice! And I suppose they returned his remains and had a hugh inquiry into his assassination!

[@lorenzbroll0101]

Very interesting autobiography. Considering Stalin executed his own generals just for sport, I cannot imagine anyone else would have been treated with the respect they deserved.

[@mariosarto3612]

I VINCITORI HANNO SEMPRE RAGIONE.

[@user-vu2du8tm7w]

Did you kill for the sake of sports?? are you out of your mind?

[@Vasiliy7331]

@@user-vu2du8tm7w Сталін був жорстоким і безжальним вбивцею, не кращим, а ще гіршим за Гітлера !

[@jpenna1976]

@@user-vu2du8tm7w Yandex has translator also, if you didn't know.

[@christiansimon3749]

Over 20 million people not including the 27 million he sent to their death during the 2nd World War

[@Demy1970]

I never heard of him after 40 years of this stuff

[@user-js4zx1lr2u]

yeah,, the only high ranking officer I was ever told about was Donitz.

[@pauldh62]

Intriguing. It is not a war crime to have been serving in the enemy forces as a national of those forces. He seems to have been unlucky all round. To have challenged the British in our own waters successfully commands my respect. To have been overlooked shows perhaps the petty place seeking that must have been present and detrimental to the German war effort. How did he lose Hitler's admiration? Was this part of a bigger issue where even the Fuherer had to give way? There were such cases like the execution of Hitler's brother in law which I think you have furnished us with a video. We know that the U Boat section of the German navy was the most politicised of the forces. Those that held him may have just decided that this alone was reason enough. It is a frequently commented upon surprise by western historians that Admiral Doenitz escaped the gallows. Let us not whole heartedly embrace the notion that the allies were lenient. Remember they executed an Italian general who had not breached the Geneva Convention for ordering that a prisoner in the act of escaping should be shot. The general later fought with distinction on the allied side and in spite of animated and vocal protests by British and American journalists, reporting his trial as a farce, went on to be hanged. Yet the Soviets themselves are inconsistent. Look at how they treated General Von Paulus who went into luxurious captivity, to die in East Germany in the 1960s, of a wasting disease, utterly pampered and one of the least deserving.

[@AB-ye7bw]

Would love to hear your review of the 1981 film Das Boot.

[@jpenna1976]

Justice was never a requirement for punishment in Soviet Union.

[@mattolivier1835]

Exactly! The Soviets were evil!

[@peterrobbins2862]

Wasn't a high priority in western countries either

[@jpenna1976]

@@peterrobbins2862 There is truth in that. Still, western countries are generally better at following international treaties and rules of war.

[@horatiobeaker]

Western military leaders were not more lenient, they were more humane, and much less barbaric.

[@tr4hek389]

Ofcourse when it suited them. The Soviets or the Western allies only acted in such a manner when it benefited them, like for propaganda purposes. The Russians didn't rain bombs on German cities in the process killing hundreds of thousands. Well you might say otherwise, but that doesn't change the reality concerning the matter.

[@phoenixrivenus9270]

You can't be brutal to nazis.

[@jpip1382]

@@phoenixrivenus9270yes you can or you’re as bad

[@user-tp4ym7wu9w]

​@@tr4hek389the Soviets didn't have effective bombers. They used artillery. And bombing the locations of enemy manufacturing and training areas isn't a war crime. It's just war. The Soviets committed MANY war crimes, though far less than the Axis powers. In comparison, the other allies committed few war crimes, though some undoubtedly did occur

[@tubthump]

Dresden

[@Occident.]

Pure murder.

[@ristorantanen5769]

Ivan is Ivan He doesnt roll like the rest of us

[@malcolmclayton6651]

The winners write the history

[@KK-rg1wz]

And what do you write?

[@malcolmclayton6651]

@@KK-rg1wz That a European future war was planned by the industrialists. " The Black Baron"

[@MikeJones-hc1gw]

​@@KK-rg1wzYou're a smart alec. Grow up, acehole.

[@benwilson6145]

Utter rubbish

[@dougrobbins5367]

And you write nonsense

[@user-xj2el9dy1b]

The very first picture is that of a FINNISH firing squad ( see uniform ).

[@halibut1249]

soviet losses very high during wwii, they wanted their pound of flesh.

[@Clancy192]

They wanted to rebuild the USSR which the Germans had destroyed,

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Not true. Soviets captured lots of German generals that had actually fought in the East, and most of them were released in 1955.

[@brenryan1]

2:10 is that 2x deck guns? What U-Boat is that?

[@georgeamanor-boadu6771]

Never heard of this one before

[@bigingo4269]

das ist ja mal ein spitzenpersonal

[@theemporersnewclothes]

Many tanks

[@alastair1955]

In one Soviet prison they had a passage with a grate in the floor. When it was decided to execute a certain prisoner, to do it with the least fuss, the prisoner would be told he was being transferred to a new cell. He would walk down the passage with the guard behind him. As he got to the grate, the guard pulled his pistol and shot him in the back of the head. The blood went down the grate so cleanup was easy. Another method was the prisoner was told he would be weighed and measured. While standing against the wall to be measured, there was a small hole in the wall right behind his head. Someone behind the wall would shoot him through the hole. You could say these methods were kind because the prisoner never knew what was happening. But really, it was just to get it done, without any fuss or resistance.

[@BamBamBigelow..]

Victor’s justice I guess

[@dougrobbins5367]

YOu guess wrong

[@daleburrell6273]

...WHEN YOU START A MAJOR WAR- AND THEN LOSE IT- THERE ARE BOUND TO BE UNPLEASANT CONSEQUENCES...(!)

[@garypulliam3421]

Maybe he resigned from the navy to be an agent against the Rooskoes.

[@BobMuir100]

My old friend I am still enjoying your work and this channel is very good, just a point and it maybe me, you appeared to say that the Soviet’s and Red army were two different participants they are of course the same with the Red army simply being a nickname for the Soviet Unions army. Like I say it’s me…… Bob England

[@toothlessseer3153]

Who is *Hitlah?*

[@LordoftheSith]

The Kriegsmarine suffered heavy losses in the Norwegian campaign

[@janpierzchala2004]

Snipers - not only submariners - were kind of considered murderers by regular soldiers. Because they fought in deep hiding, not honorably see, was the rationale.

[@garywenzlaff6918]

Submarine people were not murderers unless they fired at shipwrecked men in the water which both sides did!!!!!!!!!

[@markmanning8832]

I think this is a rather sad tale. Unlike the truly terrible Nazis', this man was really just following orders and yes, he did kill people - but not like they did in the concentration camps. If he had of fallen to the British or American armies I am sure he would have been spared. After all - BOTH the Allies and Axis armies killed people and many of the low level men who fought on the front lines were not killed but released and let go back to their families or homes (if it was still standing of course).

[@siggesaltens2663]

YOU ARE WRONG HERE. HE WAS A WAR CRMINAL AT LEAST ONE TIME IN 1917, WHEN HE SANK THE DANISK SCOONER, THE HYDRA OF MARSTAL. AND AS A RESULT , MURDERED THE CREW OF 5 INNOCENT MEN.

[@mygodness3553]

I have his war hat 🎩

[@umbertoalessio5069]

...when you play silly games , you win silly prizes....

[@nigel900]

?

[@umbertoalessio5069]

@@nigel900 I was talking about the german officer

[@Kynos1]

The Russians know a thing or two about playing stupid games.

[@nigel900]

@@umbertoalessio5069 It was all Deadly serious.

[@umbertoalessio5069]

@@Kynos1 the United States are the true masters of stupid games: in fact they have won stupid prizes in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iraq, etc etc etc

[@TrueBrit1]

As they say, history is written by the victors. I'm pretty sure allied forces committed war crimes at times (well there's no doubt we did), just they were ignored and overlooked, but bearing in mind the hatred between the Soviets and Germans, one can only imagine the crimes perpetrated by the Soviets on the Germans, but likewise the Germans on the Soviets too.

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

only the victors get 'justice'

[@charlesmair26]

Soviets, Why were they so ruthless?

[@UncleQ57]

May be because nazis killed 27 million Russians?

[@colonelfustercluck486]

because the German side (in general) hated them, and treated the Russians badly. So the Russians didn't care too much what happened to German POW's. And the fact that the Germans had earlier attacked Russian territory.

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

because the commanders were sadistic demons with snake eyes

[@UncleQ57]

@@user-qo1us9oc7g you missed "German". They killed 27 million Russians.

[@charlesmair26]

@@user-qo1us9oc7g What the Germans??

[@Frederik_Berlin]

The voice is pure terror!

[@Chainyanker007]

And Russia at the time had no ships to speak of, none that got sunk by U-boats as far as I know. How did the Admiral fall into Russian hands? He would have likely been executed by the Allies anyway.

[@user-vp5mg7mo1m]

❤❤❤❤

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

It was a unjustified execution.

[@umbertoalessio5069]

so?

[@benwilson6145]

The Nazi's murdered over a million Soviet POWs

[@dougrobbins5367]

Only to the deeply perverted

[@govinda102000]

Why, was he sworn a nazi or just a german officer?

[@benwilson6145]

@@govinda102000 The Nazi;'s murdered over a million Soviet POW

[@FigVam64]

СССР потерял более 27 миллионов человек в этой войне. Какая после этого могла быть жалость к фашистам?!

[@Stanly-Stud]

и вы все еще вызываете войны сегодня.

[@umbertoalessio5069]

нулевая пощада

[@tubthump]

@@Stanly-StudUSA provoked the war in Ukraine

[@josephstabile9154]

I understand. However, this answer does not get at the underlying question in this particular story. This naval Admiral was retired in 1942. Many Wehrmacht and SS generals, who fought in Russia from '41 to '45, and were much more closely linked to Russian deaths, RETURNED from Soviet captivity. What was it about this Admiral that got him shot? Was who was to be executed chosen at random? Did the Soviets just not like the way this particular prisoner parted his hair? "Kill all nazis" (was he even a member of the NSDAP?) does not answer the question, because that clearly was NOT done; many thousands of German POWS were capture under Stalin, and survived to be repatriated after Stalin.

[@umbertoalessio5069]

@@josephstabile9154 Perhaps the aim was to deprive the West of a precious asset... or simply revenge . 11th commandment: don't mess with Russia...

[@user-wt5bf4rw7e]

"There were many far worse war criminals", so if you don't catch the most wanted person you let everybody else go? What kind of stupid logic is that?

[@marks6663]

Nazionist

[@user-wt5bf4rw7e]

@@marks6663 Projection fail, Its not your fault that your parents are each others brother and sister, Mark

[@marks6663]

With an avatar like that you spend all your time on KZbin being a troll. Let's see how long you can go before you get your account deleted.

[@larspederbjorendalhollaend4875]

Strange language!

[@damirbajramovic5416]

Možda Robot !! Možda mikrofon loš !!

[@LouisHansell]

Read "Operation Paperclip" by Annie Jacobson

[@user-ok5jk1vi5k]

Of course, the annals of W. W2 are littered with examples of inconsistencies in dealing with those who had supposedly transgressed the laws of war. Some for me are more outrageous than others but due to the scarcity of information concerning his trial, we are perhaps not allowed an access ment of their validity, a complete vacuum of knowledge with which to asascertain guilt or innocence.

[@USMCM16A2]

Ruthless? Justice.

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

communist 'justice'

[@desg4381]

Why is the word "brutal "used so much on KZbin to describe videos?

[@jpip1382]

Soviets committing a war crime again, yet another one to their list. At least they exonerated him in 1994.

[@kinw2436]

Good video. However, exoneration info should have been included in the video. I did not find more exoneration details in Wikipedia. I noticed that E-By offers a signed photograph. THANK YOU jpip1382 from Chicago, Illinois USA

[@jpip1382]

@@kinw2436 you’re more than welcome 👍

[@mothman-jz8ug]

That wasn't brutal. If the had shot using the "Butters method", that might have been brutal. (If you watch South Park, you'll understand.)

[@HavocHerseim]

lenient!? lmao... no... hanging vs. the firing squad isn't a difference of leniency there was a fair trial. that's the difference. not leniency. try again.

[@ezekielpotter294]

We'd call it a lynching in this part of the world

[@govinda102000]

@@ezekielpotter294 Especially if he wasn't a sworn nazi. Even many german Air Force personal/officers weren't sworn nazis.

[@ezekielpotter294]

Every officer no matter what service all had to swear to Hitler personally not to the nation

[@maguzazmoth]

Well, they would say, the Soviets are subhuman beasts

[@abelramires5168]

Los soviéticos no distinguieron ente elementos militares del ejército y nazis

[@pauljoneses8188]

Pretty boring! Going back to Mark Felton

[@kixigvak]

The Soviets got it right. The Western allies were too lenient.

[@johndickle4694]

first HUMAN..... bots dont count. 😅

[@georgelustrea2912]

Horrible narrator...

[@janpierzchala2004]

This is an utter nonsense and not true: "The Soviets tended to ruthlessly execute senior members of the German military without very little questions asked

[@mackelby1]

True, those Russian Zionists were cruel. Just like the Zionists today. No difference. Truth is painful sometimes.

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

watch the video dirt brain

[@ravibmsit]

Absolutely correct. That's why during the last phases of war, when Allies victory was certain, Nazi Germans tried to move towards the direction of the US and UK coalition rather than towards the Soviet army. They were hopeful of lenient treatment by soldiers of democratic regime rather than the Red army under dictator Stalin.

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

@@ravibmsit yeah alot of clowns here, if those Soviets were so peaceful and loving then why would everyone at the end of 1945, including poles,czechs, jews from camps move with the Germans to the Americans?

[@CraigMcGeoghie]

This is garbage

[@kennethmaney914]

ENGLAND 2...GERMANY 0....DONT START WHAT YOU CANT FINNISH, AND NEVER EXCUSE NAZI'S

[@LanceIngram-cg3ej]

Stalin viewed him as a tactical and political threat.

[@user-tp4ym7wu9w]

Stalin viewed EVERYONE as a threat. He literally killed more Russians than the Germans did

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

possibly, top generals,fighter aces and other important figures were kept alive in the gulags as trophies, the traitor generals like Paulus actually had a quite descent life in Russia, but they were just peacocks to be paraded around... lesser officers and intellectuals are the bigger threat according to Stalin, this admiral got the same treatment as the polish officer corps in Katyn.

[@andreaguidi3123]

Only Soviet know what their people suffered becuase of german invasion. They had the biggest right to decide what to to do with german leaders. Everlast Glory to the Great Red Army!

[@dennissimo7546]

The Soviets were just as ruthless against their own military generals and civilians

[@jsgdk]

Stalin killed more soviet citizens than Hitler lol.

[@damirbajramovic5416]

@@dennissimo7546 Staljin je gori bio od Adolfa Skup Psihopata tog vremena !!

[@daleburrell6273]

...AW, GO BACK TO KISSING STALIN'S PICTURE- AND STOP BOTHERING THE REST OF US!!!

[@JBM425]

Spare me. The USSR was as brutal to Polish civilians as the Germans were, and even their own people if they didn’t tow the communist line. Remember the gulags.

[@Clancy192]

Why would German leaders deserve any leniency?